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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 7, 2000
REGISTRATION NO. 333-95295
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-2
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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CAMBRIDGE HEART, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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DELAWARE 13-3679946
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
CAMBRIDGE HEART, INC.
1 OAK PARK DRIVE
BEDFORD, MA 01730
(781) 271-1200
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE,
OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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JEFFREY M. ARNOLD
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
CAMBRIDGE HEART, INC.
1 OAK PARK DRIVE
BEDFORD, MA 01730
(781) 271-1200
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE
NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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COPIES TO:
JOHN A. BURGESS, ESQ.
STEVEN D. SINGER, ESQ.
HALE AND DORR LLP
60 STATE STREET
BOSTON, MA 02109
(617) 526-6000
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to a Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") on
Form S-2 (File No. 333-95295), Cambridge Heart, Inc. (the "Registrant")
registered shares of its common stock, $.001 par value per share ("Common
Stock"), including shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of certain
warrants, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Pursuant to the
Registrant's undertaking contained in the Registration Statement, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-2 is being
filed solely to remove from registration 799,071 shares of Common Stock which
remain unsold under such Registration Statement as of the date of this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to Rule 478 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets the
requirements for filing on Form S-2 and has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Bedford, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, on July 7, 2000.
CAMBRIDGE HEART, INC.
By: /s/ Jeffrey M. Arnold
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Jeffrey M. Arnold
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
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